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Table 1 Lignin composition in CAD1- and COMT4- downregulated transgenic plants

From: Functional characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase and caffeic acid O-methyltransferase in Brachypodium distachyon

Plant line1

S (μmol/g)2,3

G (μmol/g)2,3

H (μmol/g)2,3

S/G2,3

Control 1

89.7 ± 2.3

69.5 ± 1.4

8.9 ± 0.1

1.29

amiR-cad1-1

87.7 ± 1.8

75.8 ± 1.8

10.0 ± 0.1

1.16

amiR-cad1-8

75.2 ± 2.0

75.0 ± 1.7

9.4 ± 0.2

1.00

Control 2

97.2 ± 5.6

65.7 ± 3.6

9.5 ± 0.5

1.48

amiR-comt4-3

86.6 ± 3.8

54.2 ± 1.4

8.9 ± 0.2

1.60

amiR-comt4-5

92.4 ± 1.9

60.0 ± 0.9

10.8 ± 0.2

1.54

amiR-comt4-7

88.5 ± 2.7

55.8 ± 1.3

9.1 ± 0.2

1.58

  1. 1Senesced stem tissue of amiRcad1 and amiRcomt4 were grown in different experiments with separate empty vector controls.
  2. 2Values are means ± SD (n = 3).
  3. 3Syringyl (S), guaiacyl (G), p-hydroxphenyl (H) units.
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